Public Sky Observing 2022-07/02

When:
July 2, 2022 @ 9:45 pm – 11:45 pm
2022-07-02T21:45:00-05:00
2022-07-02T23:45:00-05:00
Where:
Root River Park
4012 80th ST SE Rochester MN
Cost:
Free

Public Sky Observing of the dark sky, bright stars, double stars, nebulas, star clusters, galaxies and more by telescope with guidance members of the Rochester Astronomy Club. There will be 3.7 days old Moon above West horizon, but it will not interfere much with observation of the faint objects. At about 10:45 PM there will be Saturn rising on the East horizon. Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS on hyperbolic orbit (e 1.0008) should be visible in the Ophiuchus not too far from M10 and M12 with estimated 9 mag. See ephemeris AR = 17h21m52s Dec = +01°11’03”.

Reload this page before you leave for the event. Event can be cancelled in case of cloudy weather or another reason.

In the Sky July/2022
Sun and Moon data

2022 Public Sky Observing Plan
Month Day DoW Sunset Start End ☽ age Planets
Jan 07 Fri 16:49 6 7:30 5.8 ☿,♀,♄,♃,♆,⛢
Feb 04 Fri 17:25 6:30 8 4.1 ♃,♆,⛢
Mar 11 Fri 18:11 7 8:30 8.8
Apr 08 Fri 19:46 8:30 10:00 7.2
Apr 30 Sat 20:12 9:00 11:00 0.3
May 06 Fri 20:19 9 11 5.7 ☿ A.Day:5/7
May 28 Sat 20:43 9:30 11:30 28.3
Jun 03 Fri 20:48 9:30 11:30 4.2
Jul 02 Sat 20:56 9:45 11:45 3.7
Jul 08 Fri 20:54 9:45 11:45 9.5
Jul 30 Sat 20:36 9 11 2.2 ☿,♄
Aug 05 Fri 20:29 9 11 8.1
Aug 27 Sat 19:54 8:30 10:30 0.8 ♄,♆,♃
Sep 02 Fri 19:44 8:30 10:30 6.7 ☿,♄,♆,♃
Sep 24 Sat 19:04 8 10 28.8 ♄,♆,♃
Sep 30 Fri 18:53 7:30 9:30 5.3 ♄,♆,♃,⛢ A.Day:10/1
Nov 04 Fri 17:56 6:30 8 11.4 ♄,♆,♃,⛢
Dec 02 Fri 16:33 6 7:30 10.0 ☿,♀,♄,♆,♃,⛢,♂-opo12/8

Day upper index4 means 4 weeks gap instead of regular 3 weeks.
☿ – Mercury, ♀ – Venus, ♂ – Mars, ♃ – Jupiter, ♄ – Saturn, ⛢ – Uranus, ♆ – Neptune

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